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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oyster do with Mona's copy of "Traditional Tribal Hobby-Krafts?"
(a) Writes in it
(b) Puts his feet on it
(c) Puts it behind his seat
(d) Sets it on fire and throws it out the window

2. What color is the meat-packing plant being painted?
(a) Pink
(b) Black
(c) Grey
(d) Blood red

3. How does Carl's conversation with the police come to an end?
(a) The officer, realizing the danger, hangs up
(b) Helen hangs up the phone
(c) With the death of the officer on the line
(d) Carl hangs up, realizing they're tracing the call

4. What is the spell Sarge says is responsible for the talking cow?
(a) The culling spell
(b) The enchantment spell
(c) The occupation spell
(d) He isn't certain

5. What can be seen through the patio door?
(a) Bouquets of dead flowers
(b) Empty beer bottles
(c) Weeds
(d) A broken playpen

6. What does the talking Judas Cow say in Stone River?
(a) Reject your meat-eating ways
(b) Live long and prosper
(c) Please spare the cows
(d) Repent or go to hell

7. Who answers the phone when Carl calls the number that's appeared on his pager?
(a) Officer Oliver Johnson
(b) Sgt. Brian Boxx
(c) An unnamed police dispatcher
(d) Detective Ben Danton

8. What does Carl do while Helen and Mona are inside a library looking for a copy of the book?
(a) Reads through her planner
(b) Goes for a walk
(c) Sleeps
(d) Makes some phone calls

9. What is the effect of the spell Carl chants?
(a) Mona dies
(b) He floats to the ceiling
(c) Money falls from the chandelier
(d) The chandelier disappears

10. How many copies of the poem remain unaccounted for?
(a) 26
(b) 39
(c) 82
(d) 91

11. What does Helen say Mona can use as a pattern to translate the spells in the book?
(a) The culling song
(b) The experience of the Wiccan
(c) A dictionary
(d) Another spell

12. What does Helen suggest Mona do in order to discover what was used to write the spells in grimoire?
(a) Have it tested in a lab
(b) Heat it
(c) Rub boiled cabbage juice on it
(d) Lick it

13. What is on Carl's kitchen table when he gets home?
(a) A note from the landlord
(b) A stack of bills
(c) A half-built shopping mall
(d) Moldy cheese

14. What is Helen working on when Carl returns to the real estate office?
(a) Translating the spells
(b) Her nails
(c) A miniature house
(d) Her resume

15. What is the piece of information the man says he wants Carl to find in his book?
(a) A way to kill his wife
(b) A way to end his grief
(c) A way to prove to the police that he didn't kill anyone
(d) The answer to eternal salvation

Short Answer Questions

1. When does someone notice that there's something odd about the English Ivy at the Park Senior Living Center?

2. What are all the people in Stone River wearing on their faces?

3. Where does the man say he's going to go in two days?

4. What's the name of Carl's deceased daughter?

5. What color is the book Helen has been using as a planner?

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